A company that licensed two patents for implantable cardiac defibrillators to Boston Scientific told the Federal Circuit that a district court wrongly found Medtronic did not infringe either patent, saying it was Medtronic’s job to prove it wasn’t violating the patents. Read More

Karen Sandler was 31 years old, working at a non-profit organization providing free legal help to computer programmers, when she was diagnosed with an enlarged heart and informed that she’d need a machine to help keep her alive. Read More

Abbott announced that the FDA approved the Absolute Pro Vascular Self-Expanding Stent System for the treatment of iliac artery disease, a form of peripheral artery disease that affects the lower extremities. Read More

Edwards Lifesciences reported that on March 3, 2012, the company filed its official response to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services on its Proposed National Coverage Determination for Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement. Read More